>> WELCOME BACK TO "HOUSTON
LIFE."
CHRONIC PAIN, WHETHER FROM
INJURY OR ILLNESS, CAN AFFECT
OUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL
BEING.
SURGERY DOESN'T ALWAYS SOLVE
THE PROBLEM.
OUR NEXT GUEST SAYS IF YOU
REPAIR TISSUES, YOU CAN RESOLVE
INFLAMMATION AND IT CAN ALL BE
DONE BY USING STEM CELLS.
>> DR. JOHN TROBRIDGE WITH
EXPLAIN.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT ARE STEM
CELLS AND WHERE ARE YOU GETTING
YOURS FROM?
>> OH, GOSH, THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
IF YOU THINK OF STEM CELLS LIKE
A SEED, OKAY, YOU PLANT YOUR
PARTICULAR PLANT, OKAY, BUT THE
STEM CELLS HAVE BEEN WITH US
SINCE WE WERE BEING DEVELOPED
IN THE VERY BEGINNING, OKAY,
AND THEY NOW ARE NESTED IN OUR
TISSUES IN ORDER TO REPAIR US
WHEN WE GET INJURED.
WELL, STEM CELLS ARE DIFFERENT
THAN JUST THIS.
THEY CAN BECOME ANY KIND OF
TISSUES.
THEY CAN DIFFERENTIATE.
THEY CAN MAKE MORE OF
THEMSELVES, MORE SEEDS, AND
THEY CAN MAKE MORE TISSUES FOR
REPAIR.
>> SO THEY REGENERATE.
>> THEY REGENERATE, AND THAT'S
WHY THE NAME, REGENERATIVE
MEDICINE SO, IT'S NOT JUST ONE
SEED, IT'S ONE THAT CAN BECOME
MANY.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY BECAUSE
OFTENTIMES THERE'S A BIT OF
CONTROVERSY WHEN PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT STEM CELLS.
NOBODY IS HURT IN THE
HARVESTING IN THESE CELLS.
>> 20 YEARS AGO THERE WAS ALL
OF THAT CONTROVERSY.
OURS ARE HARVESTED FROM
UMBILICAL CORDS AT SCHEDULED
C-SECTION DELIVERIES.
THEY'RE NOT PAID FOR, SO
THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR IT.
THE WOMEN GO THROUGH A VERY
INTENSIVE SCREENING PROCESS AND
THE CELLS ARE CERTIFIED, THEY
ARE PROCESSED BY A TISSUE BANK,
FEDERALLY REGISTERED TISSUE
BANK, AND WHEN THEY COME, THEY
LITERALLY HAVE THEIR DIPLOMA.
WE KNOW EXACTLY--
>> YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THOSE OVER
THERE.
>> EXACTLY.
IT'S ONE LIKE THIS AND IT SAYS
BASICALLY THEY'RE SMART,
THEY'RE SAFE, THEY'RE RELIABLE,
THEY'RE EASY, THEY'RE READY TO
GO TO WORK FOR YOU.
THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR YOU
IS VERY SIMPLE.
THEY LOOK FOR THE INFLAMMATION
INSIDE YOUR BODY.
INFLAMMATION IS PAIN.
THEY FIND THOSE AREAS TO HEAL
YOUR TISSUE.
>> DOCTOR, CAN YOU DESCRIBE TO
US THE PROCESS.
AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE
OPENING HERE, WHEN SOMEONE IS
IN CHRONIC PAIN, YOU SAY THAT
THAT CAN RUIN THEIR LIVES.
>> IT DOESN'T JUST RUN YOUR
LIFE, IT RUINS IT.
IF YOU HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF
PAIN, NO BIG DEAL, GET SOME
MEDICATIONS, BUT ALL DRUGS ARE
RISKY.
SURGERY IS EVEN MORE RISKY.
THE PROBLEM IS HOW DO YOU TAKE
CARE OF IT RATHER THAN SUFFER?
IF YOU INJECT THE STEM CELLS,
IT'S A STRUCTURAL REPAIR, IT'S
CREDIBLE HOW MUCH THEY FIND THE
PROBLEM, THEY FIX IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF BOASTING ABOUT
STEM CELLS.
THEY SAY IT CAN FIX EVERYTHING,
IT CAN DO THIS AND THAT.
IT'S NOT PROVEN.
YOU HAVE VERY SPECIFIC REASONS
TO USE IT, AND OVER THE LAST 25
YEARS, THAT'S BEEN VERY
INTERESTING, BUT THE NEW ONES
THAT WE'RE USING, WELL, I SAY
IT'S NOT YOUR FATHER'S
OLDSMOBILE.
>> YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STORY
AND WHAT IT DID FOR YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS AT A CONFERENCE AND
TWISTED MY KNEE GETTING OUT OF
A CAR.
I HAD HAD SURGERY FIVE YEARS
EARLIER.
I THEN WENT AHEAD GETTING OUT
OF THE CAR, INTENSE PAIN,
LIMPING.
MY FRIEND SITS DOWN AT THE
DINNER TABLE 10 MINUTES LATER
AND I SAID, WHAT'S NEW, AND HE
TELLS ME, THEY'RE JUST OUT 18
MONTHS NOW, THIS IS NEW STUFF,
NOT YOUR FATHER'S OLDSMOBILE,
OKAY, AND I CALLED THE
REPRESENTATIVE AND SAID, CAN
YOU GET ME SOME?
HE DID.
I PUT THEM IN MY KNEE, AND I
MEAN THE PAIN WENT AWAY.
>> PRETTY QUICK, RIGHT?
>> BEFORE I HAD THE NEEDLE OUT.
THERE'S NO LIDOCAINE, THERE'S
NO PAIN PILLS, THERE'S NO
MORPHINE, NOTHING.
THE CELLS INSTANTANEOUSLY GO TO
WORK.
THAT'S HOW QUICKLY THEY GO TO
WORK.
NOT YOUR FATHER'S OLDSMOBILE.
>> LET'S TALK QUICKLY BEFORE WE
BRING OUT SOME GUESTS.
TITLE.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?
>> ACTUALLY, FOR THE LAST 20
YEARS AGO, WE'VE USED THE
SLOGAN, WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU
CHOICE, FAILURE IS NOT AN
OPTION.
WE KNOW THAT FILL YOUR IS NOT
AN OPTION BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE
ARE TERMINAL FAILURES.
I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND OF
MINE TODAY WHO WAS TELLING ME
ABOUT A PATIENT, HE WAS
RECOMMENDING TO COME SEE ME,
AND HE WAS SAYING, IT'S TOO
LATE, THEY TOOK OFF MY LEG.
OKAY, WELL, I'M IN THE SALVAGE
BUSINESS.
I GET PEOPLE FIXED, I GET
PEOPLE BETTER, AND TO HEAR
STORIES LIKE THAT IS CRAZY
BECAUSE TOO MANY TECHNOLOGY,
STEM CELL IS THE MOST RECENTLY
ONE AND IT'S WELL DESCRIBED.
IN THE BOOK HERE, YOUR
QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.
>> YOU MENTIONED IS GETTING
PEOPLE BETTER, AND TWO PEOPLE
WE'RE ABOUT TO MEET, YOU HELPED
GET BETTER.
RICK AND DAN ARE HERE TO SHARE
THEIR STORIES ABOUT STEM CELL
TREATMENT.
GUYS, COME ON OUT.
YOU'RE LIKE BRAND-NEW MEN, EVEN
THOUGH WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU
BEFORE.
SO, GUYS, RICK, LET'S START
WITH YOU.
TELL US WHAT YOU WERE
SEE DR. TROBRIDGE.
>> OKAY.
I HAD A FOOTBALL INJURY TO THE
HIP.
IT PUT ME DOWN ON THE TURF IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S HURT EVER SINCE.
ALL 10 YEARS.
>> YEAH.
[ Laughter ]
>> AND DR. TROBRIDGE SUGGESTED
THE STEM CELL SHOT TO IT AND HE
GAVE ME THE SHOT.
PROBABLY THREE WEEKS TO FOUR
WEEKS LATER I WASN'T LOCKING UP
ANYMORE, I COULD ACTUALLY WALK
AROUND THE BLOCK WITHOUT
STOPPING.
>> DID YOU NOTICE LESS PAIN
RIGHT AWAY?
>> NO, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME, LIKE MAYBE TWO WEEKS AND
THEN BETTER, BETTER, BETTER,
NOW WALK AROUND, NO PAIN, NO
ANYTHING.
EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS?
>> NONE.
>> YOU DID BEFORE?
>> NONE.
>> THERE'S MORE OF THE STORY TO
THAT.
>> BUT THEN WE JUST DID MY
KNEES.
>> NO, NO, NO.
TALK ABOUT THE HAY BALER.
>> FALLING OFF THE TRACTOIN A
HAY BALER.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE ALL DO!
>> I REINJURED IT.
HE SAID DON'T DO ANYTHING, JUST
LET IT HEAL AND SURE ENOUGH, IT
DID REPAIR.
>> DAN, YOUR SYMPTOMS?
DIABETIC FOOT WOUNDS, AND AT
THE TIME I WAS GOING TO A LOCAL
WOUND CLINIC, WHERE I'M FROM IN
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR 3-1/2 YEARS, THE DOCTORS
WOULD DEBRIDE MY WOUND AND
REWRAP IT, AND THEY ACTUALLY
BECAME FRUSTRATED, LIKE I DID
BECAUSE MY WOUNDS WERE CLEAN,
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I
WAS NOT HEALING.
PATIENT, WOULDN'T HEAL.
>> AND I FOUND OUT IF I DID
CELLULAR THERAPY AND WANTED TO
GIVE IT A TRY AND THE DOCTOR AT
THE WOUND CLINIC ACTUALLY
AGREED TO LET ME TRY THIS,
WELL, WHEN THE CELLS -- WE
ORDERED THE CELLS, I PAID FOR
THEM.
CLINIC, ADMINISTRATION REJECTED
THE ORDER, THEY WOULDN'T LET
THEM TREAT ME WITH IT, SO WHAT
HAPPENED WAS EVENTUALLY I WENT
TO -- I DOCTOR GAVE ME THE
CELLULAR THERAPY LATER.
MY FOOT HEALED WITHIN THREE
WEEKS.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THIS
CELLULAR THERAPY, I WENT TO
WORK FOR THE COMPANY.
18 MONTHS AGO, THIS NEW PRODUCT
WAS RELEASED, THIS NEW CELLULAR
THERAPY THAT DR. TROBRIDGE WAS
JUST TALKING ABOUT.
FROM PITTSBURGH.
THE SIGH AND HE KNOWS
TECHNOLOGY BLIND IT, IT'S
WITHOUT A DOUBTED CUTTING EDGE
THERAPY FOR CELLULAR THERAPY.
>> THESE ARE POWERFUL EXAMPLES.
>> AND COMMO
I ACTUALLY WENT TO BOISE, IDAHO
TO VISIT THEIR LABORATORY AND
THIS IS THE FUTURE.
>> FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS, THOUGH, ARE WONDERING,
YOU HAVE A SEMINAR COMING UP.
>> COMING UP ON THE 24th,
SATURDAY, 10:00 TO NOON, JUST
NORTH OF KINGWOOD DRIVE.
AND THERE'S THE INFORMATION
ON THE SCREEN
COURTYARD MARRIOTT ON U.59.
WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE SEMINAR?
>> DOG AND PONY SHOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION
OUT.
IT'S JUST CRAZY THAT PEOPLE TRY
TO MAKE LOTS OF CLAIMS THAT
REALLY AREN'T VALID.
WHAT WE DO KNOW WORKS, WE DO
THAT.
WHAT WE DON'T, WE JUST SAY WE,
DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'RE LOOKING
INTO IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A LOT OF FUN FOR TWO HOURS.
OTHER TREATMENTS FOR ANOTHER
TWO HOURS.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH.
1-800-6-PAIN OR VISIT HEALTH
CHOICES NOW.COM.
GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY.
DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR SHARING
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH US.
WITH US.